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The Alaska Reads Act requires literacy screenings and help for struggling students, and its implementation is already visible in Anchorage.

Deena Bishop is just finishing her first month as Alaska's top education official.

Meinert’s stated goal comes on the heels of dire findings by a Stanford University researcher in partnership with the Associated Press that tracked available absenteeism data in 40 states to

The Fairbanks North Star Borough School District will receive an additional $4 million in local supplemental funding after the Borough Assembly unanimously approved the amount Thursday night.

After two years of steering the helm of the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District, Karen Melin is winding down her tenure as chief school administrator and Luke Meinert takes

Proposal would cut 30 minutes once a week to allow teachers time for training and other activities

Skeptics question whether the reading academy would effectively address the lagging reading abilities of Alaska children where the need is greatest.

Lawmakers approved one-time funding for Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s plan to launch a center for reading instruction that he says could help solve the lagging reading abilities of Alaska children.

Over the last two decades or more, they’ve watched the district expand to new campuses, weather the pandemic and incorporate Alaska Native language and culture into the curriculum. They’ve watched the district expand to new campuses, weather the pandemic and incorporate Alaska Native language and curriculum.

The Alaska Reads Act — a set of programs meant to improve reading in kindergarten through third grade — rolls out this July. KDLG’s Christina McDermott and Izzy Ross discuss what the act means.